Kingdom of Fallen Ash (The Order #1)

by Katerina St. Clair

No more sleepless nights, no more pain.

The chips can turn the most rampant mind into one of the calmest in a matter of seconds.

regulations the New Foundations Academy implemented apart from uniforms.

No hairstyles other than a ponytail, bun, braid, or straight down our backs are allowed.

No makeup or distracting facial enhancers are allowed anywh...

Vanity derives from many things, as does lu...

Part of the coding behind our chips ensures that trivial things like vain and jealousy are almost non-existent.

Unfortunates. The people who have been placed on the lowest totem pole of this society.

We continue to create advancements in this society that better the people.

Unlike Unfortunates, we were born to do something ...

The Unfortunate sector lies on the other end of New Haven. Like ...

they reside in a separate commune, not ever leaving the comforts...

Unfortunates have been tasked to do the work our people cannot be asked to do.

Farming, electrical, grunt military work, and all other undesirable tasks are left in the laps of Unfortunates.

Once they are away from their sector, Unfortunates are only permitted to...

if they are in an academic or w...

The chips are supposed to gather the data they need to create a proper placement for each individual in this society.

the women in our family's hair have spouts of silver that never seem to go away.

my mom has always been able to hide her gray.

My birthmark burns beneath my touch. The skin feels like it was scorched with a hot prod.

When emissions and the resources for gasoline began to dwindle, the need and want for vehicles in New Haven slowly died out.

Most material used for transportation was utilized for the trams.

A few token higher-ups like my father were awarded the luxury of locomoti...

Unfortunates run all of the trams, and in return, they are occasionally housed for short periods

"Your legs still work, don't they, Dove? Get out of my sight," his deep voice snaps.

Ahhhhhhhh

His blue eyes pierce through my soul with a look of pure hatred.

he is looking at me like an animal, wanting to rip me apart.

Never in my life have I hated a pair of blue eyes like I do the ones on the Unfortunate

Unfortunate or not, he is beautiful in his own terrifying way.

“My name is Fallan Markswood. I’m the student that was picked for the transfer program this year.

Foreign Entities, otherwise known as Shifters, are genetically mutated individuals scorched by the nuclear fallout after the wars.

While some humans adapted genetically to the changes in their environment, like our ancestors,

People's minds no longer were their own. Human's feral instincts came into play as the...

shifting from something human to some...

only to feel the accidental brush of Fallan’s arm on my lower stomach

Ahhhhhhhhh

“This is Xavier Hayes, one of our youngest and most talented Officials

"I wish his lips would explore more than just my hand,” I silently whisper in my mind.

Omg

“If you would like to see how dirty I am willing to get my hands to

prove to everyone here how much of a bitch you are, please allow me.

Call me an Unfortunate lover again, and I will ma...

as fucked up as every Unfortunate who has recei...

“Is that why your face is so red right now? Honesty has never looked so guilty,”

Ahhhhhhhh

the small white scar across its tip.

Every single citizen has this scar. Every one of us is born with it to confirm our purity.

But I need more than perfect. I need flaws.

I need something to feel real for once in my life.

I crave the fear he fills me with. It's a fear to walk the line.

finding a blemish that makes my blood run cold. A mark. It's the exact mark I bear.

“No wonder a Shifter attacked her…. She’s Tainted,” Adam says,

“Blackburn created a beauty like that?” A man sneers, getting uncomfortably close.